More bureaucrats practicing medicine without a license ?

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Officials target opioid prescriptions http://www.unionleader.com/Officials-target-opioid-prescriptions Gov. Maggie Hassan and Attorney General Joseph Foster went behind closed doors last week with state medical officials to present a draft of tough rules for doctors who prescribe opioids, the New Hampshire Union Leader has learned.Hassan has asked the Board of Medicine to use emergency powers to adopt the […]

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alcohol is still the largest category — it’s still the fastest growing category

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Prescription overdose deaths fall in Oklahoma what do you think the odds are that no one ever uses drugs to commit suicide ? According to all/nearly all stats… no one ever uses drugs to commit suicide… those that die of a drug overdose… does it accidentally… http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/health/prescription-overdose-deaths-fall-in-oklahoma/article_837622d4-3bd4-5d74-894e-61f0662e4769.html?mode=story Oklahoma saw the number of residents dying from […]

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Prescriber … LIE OF THE WEEK !

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

I got a email from a friend of mine that lives in one of the northern states and is a “Florida snow bird” 3-5 months a year..  and has done the same cycle for the last 10 + yrs.  This is a 70 something post-polio gentleman.  He has been seeing the same northern pain doc […]

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